Mushroom Poisoning in Japan —Recent Trends and Future Considerations—

Recent trends in tuberculosis, Japan.

Despite a decline after World War II, the rate of tuberculosis in Japan remains high. Infection is heavily concentrated in the > or =60-year age group, and 82% of patients are > or =40 years of age. The success rate for treatment of smear-positive patients is 78%. Multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are rare.

Recent trends in bagassosis in Japan.

The only workers presently exposed to bagasse dust in Japan are the employees of sugar refineries and lacquerware factories. A follow up study of six former cases of bagassosis from among the retired employees of a paper board factory, closed since 1973, showed that none of the subjects still had bagassosis. Examinations of 70 employees of a sugar refinery for allergic reactions also showed no ...

Recent Trends in Business History in Japan

One of the characteristics of business history in Japan, as well as in other countries, is its interdisciplinary nature both in studies and scholars. In fact, when the Business History Society of Japan was organized in 1964, main sources of recruitment of members were the four existing academic disciplines dealing with the subject -socioeconomic history, general history, business administration...

Mushroom Poisoning

From Department of Emergency Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Address for reprints: Dr. Tzong-Luen Wang, Department of Emergency Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, No 95, Wen Chang Road, Taipei, Taiwan Received: Sep 5 2004. Revised: Sep 25 2004. Accepted: Oct 5 2004. TEL: 886-2-28389425 FAX: 886-2-28353547 E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Wild mu...

Recent Trends of Juvenile Crime in Japan